You might be old enough to remember record platters, but you probably aren’t old enough to remember when records were cylinders. The Edison Blue Amberol records came out in 1912 and were far … ...

To operate his phonograph, Edison wrapped a sheet of tinfoil around the cylinder and set the needle so that it would etch a spiral groove into the foil as the crank was turned.

Twenty small businesses in Edison received grants from Optimum and the Edison Chamber of Commerce. Each business will get $5,000.

Edison cylinder records, 1889-1912 with an illustrated history of the phonograph Smithsonian Libraries and Archives ...

Thomas Edison invented the phonograph on August 12, 1877. It "will undoubtedly be liberally devoted to music," Edison predicted with stunning accuracy in 1878.

Today's small-block Ford street engine builder has it easy. Not all that long ago, the small-block fan's only choice for Ford cylinder heads was the classic 351W Ford heads swap on a 302.

Tonight, we meet two collectors, one from Manchester who stockpiles cookie cutters, and another from Rumney with a world-class collection of working Edison cylinder phonographs that date back to ...